Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1778 , for example , envoys from the Indian state of Mysore ( a potentially valuable ally of France against British power in India ) were conducted , when they were received by Louis XVI at Versailles , by a deliberately circuitous route through a very long series of rooms all of which were filled with stands and spectators in a demonstration of French power and greatness . |
| 2 | By then , however , the main outlines have been in existence for a very long time , and it is these earlier arrangements about which we really need to know more and where future research should be concentrated . |
| 3 | If ever this ended , I thought , I would n't go walking in woodland for a very long time . |
| 4 | The Muslims believe that the spot marks Adam 's punishment for disobedience and that here he was made to stand on one foot for a very long time . |
| 5 | Hilda Lodge ( Kent ) has hung up her teaching cap , but will continue to wear her Executive and Publicity Committee hats for a very long time to come , we hope . |
| 6 | Warming occurs so slowly that the descending lithosphere retains its high density characteristics for a very long time . |
| 7 | Enterprise zone property trusts are established to be held as an investment for a very long period ( usually 25 years ) and as Capital Ventures warns : ‘ You may have difficulty in selling your investment before realisation of the underlying property … ’ |
| 8 | Whilst they are very good at what they do , they 've also been riding the same horse for a very long time and the old nag 's starting to show signs of wear . |
| 9 | I suppose we we would run the Independent as a professional publication , but it would be run at a loss for a very long time before you could turn it around . |
| 10 | This is something that 's been on my mind for a very long time and I mean , I , I , I think it 's about time we started getting rid of these things and updating our own toilets you know . |
| 11 | One possibility would be a statutory reformulation of Rylands v. Fletcher shorn of the qualifications and defences which so emasculate it now , perhaps on the lines of the Restatement , which imposes strict liability on one who carries on an ‘ abnormally dangerous activity , ’ but this would be open to varying judicial inclinations and would give rise to considerable uncertainty for a very long period of time . |
| 12 | It has been a shareholder for a very long time in some private companies and I think we 've become known to be a supportive shareholder . |
| 13 | ‘ If that happens then she could be laid up and out of circulation for a very long time . |
| 14 | Because you are agreeing to ‘ tie up ’ your savings for a comparatively long period , we offer an attractive rate of interest guaranteed throughout the term of the Bond . |
| 15 | Well , I shall need a lot of persuasion to change my mind , but I 've known Edward for a very long time and we 're good friends . |
| 16 | What Aston Martin are doing here is the first breath of fresh air that 's been brought to the industry for a very long time . |
| 17 | If the farmer could eliminate all other factors and concentrate only on managing his leys ( and the soil on which they grow ) he might succeed in minimizing the effect of the ‘ years of depression ’ and maintain the new grasses and clovers for a very long time . |
| 18 | Shoulthwaite Ghyll remained in a very good condition for a surprisingly long period . |
| 19 | Radio waves are electromagnetic waves with a very long wavelength , measurable in metres . |
| 20 | Incessant monomorphic VT is another common form of proarrhythmia ; this arrhythmia is often the result of class 1c antiarrhythmic agents and usually has a QRS complex with a very long duration so that it appears ‘ sinusoidal ’ in contour . |
| 21 | The capacity rules are just part of a now long list of rules and regulations that surround university life , and make extra demands on the time and freedom of academics . |
| 22 | Jessamy stood at the window for a very long time . |
| 23 | His name had n't been mentioned in the Stevens household for a very long time and Rachel assumed that they all thought he was still abroad . |
| 24 | The breed originated from the Jutland Black Pied , which was known a century ago as a hardier but less productive type of the black pied lowland group and had been bred in Denmark for a very long time . |
| 25 | The Doctor had been staring at the ceiling for a very long time . |
| 26 | The official story had always been that Greg was simply a close family friend , but a child could have seen through the pretence and she had not been a child for a very long time , perhaps not since that long-ago night when she was four years old and had stood , unseen , outside a bedroom door … |
| 27 | Today those cross bunkers were in range of a really long drive . |
| 28 | The British and Irish teams was unsuccessful in this event , and this is the first international event not won by a British team for a very long time . |
| 29 | ‘ IBM needs to make something happen with OS/2 2.1 , or it 's facing the possibility of being a niche product for a very long time . ’ |
| 30 | Now there had been a great shortage of messages from heaven for a very long time . |